now, all of us will be paying more sales tax. a quarter cent that boils down to paying a penny more for every $4 that you spend. most of the money raised from these new taxes will go to school. we're talking k-12, colleges and universities. the governor had a proverbial gun to the head of education budgets saying if prop 30 didn't pass, state schools would see $6 billion in cuts. prop 30 is also going to transfer money to local governments to help pay for public safety programs. >> proposition 30, i know a lot of people have some doubts, had some questions. >> we took that case to the voter and the voter really understood the truth about the initiative, basically what they're saying is, i'm standing with you. >> reporter: a lot of people weren't, though. the main argument against prop 30 was that sacramento lawmakers should not get more money because they have proven wasteful in the past. opponents said if it didn't pass, the legislature and the governor would somehow find the money to fund our schools. but now we don't have to f